In 2017, four core organizations set a bold aim and began work toward the goal of rapidly spreading the 4Ms Framework for Age-Friendly Care to 20 percent of US hospitals and medical practices by 2020. Age-Friendly Health Systems is an initiative of
The John A. Hartford Foundation and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in partnership with the
American Hospital Association (AHA) and the
Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA).
Five pioneer health systems stepped forward to work with IHI to test ideas and learn what it takes to be an Age-Friendly Health System. The 4Ms Framework for Age-Friendly Care that emerged is both evidence based and able to be put into practice reliably in health care settings.
The five Age-Friendly Health Systems Pioneers are:
Health Systems Recognized by IHI as Age-Friendly
The hospitals and health care practices recognized by IHI as
Age-Friendly Health Systems — Committed to Care Excellence have shown exemplary alignment with the elements of the 4Ms Framework by reporting the number of older adults reached with the 4Ms over at least a three-month time period.
Age-Friendly Health Systems Participants are hospitals and health practices that have formally committed to putting the 4Ms into practice and had IHI review their plans. Learn more about recognition or email
afhs@ihi.org with questions.
Age-Friendly Health Systems — Committed to Care Excellence
As of March 2020, 155 Hospitals and Health Care Practices have been recognized by IHI as Age-Friendly Health Systems- Committed to Care Excellence, including:
Age-Friendly Health Systems Participants
As of March 2020, 322 Hospitals and Health Care Practices have been recognized by IHI as Age-Friendly Health Systems Participants, including:
- Abington Jefferson Health - Abington Hospital
- Adirondack Health - Adirondack Medical Center
- AdventHealth Hendersonville - AdventHealth Laurel Park Medical Group
- AdventHealth Hendersonville - AdventHealth South Asheville Medical Group
- AdventHealth Hendersonville - AdventHealth Internal Medicine Medical Group
- AdventHealth Hendersonville - AdventHealth Integrative Medicine Medical Group
- AdventHealth Hendersonville - AdventHealth Forge Mountain Medical Group
- AdventHealth Hendersonville - AdventHealth Biltmore Park Medical Group
- AdventHealth Hendersonville - AdventHealth Mills River Medical Group
- AdventHealth Hendersonville - AdventHealth Parkway Medical Group
- AdventHealth Hendersonville - AdventHealth Family Medicine Hendersonville Medical Group
- AdventHealth Hendersonville - AdventHealth Family Medicine Brevard Medical Group
- AdventHealth Hendersonville - AdventHealth Hendersonville Hospital
- Advocate Aurora Health Care - Walworth
- Advocate Aurora Health Care - Burlington
- Advocate Aurora Health Care - Racine
- Advocate Aurora Health Care - Kenosha
- Anne Arundel Health System - Anne Arundel Medical Center
- ARcare England Clinic
- ARcare Augusta Clinic
- Ascension - St. John Medical Center
- Ascension Medical Group - Bedford Mitchell Road
- Ascension Medical Group - Broad Ripple Primary Care
- Ascension Medical Group - Carmel Internal Medicine
- Ascension Medical Group - Diagnostic Medicine of Carmel
- Ascension Medical Group – Frankfort Family Practice
- Ascension Medical Group – Harcourt Primary Care
- Ascension Medical Group - Jennings Family Medicine
- Ascension Medical Group – Kokomo Family Medicine
- Ascension Medical Group - Kokomo Family Medicine Southway
- Ascension Medical Group - Meridian Adult Medicine
- Ascension Medical Group - Michigan Road
- Ascension Medical Group - Newburg Primary Physicians
- Ascension Medical Group - Northbrook
- Ascension Medical Group - Northside Crossing
- Ascension Medical Group - Northside Internal Medicine
- Ascension Medical Group - Pendleton Family Medicine
- Ascension Medical Group - Pendleton Health Center
- Ascension Medical Group - Scatterfield Primary Care
- Ascension Medical Group - Union City
- Ascension Medical Group - West Franklin
- Ascension Medical Group - Winchester
- Ascension Medical Group - Anderson Family Medicine
- Ascension Medical Group - Anderson Multi-Specialty Practice
- Ascension Medical Group - Anderson NE Family Practice
- Ascension Medical Group - Bedford Family Medicine
- Ascension Medical Group - Family Physicians of Carmel
- Ascension Medical Group - Fishers Medical Center Northeast
- Ascension Medical Group - Fishers Primary Care South
- Ascension Medical Group - Heather Glen Internal Medicine
- Ascension Medical Group - Family Medicine
- Ascension Medical Group - Medical Office Building
- Ascension Medical Group - Mitchell Family Medicine
- Atlantic Health System - Morristown Medical Center
- AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
- Banner Health System - Healthy Together Care Partnership
- Banner Health System - Banner University Medical Center-Tucson
- Banner Health System - Phoenix - Banner University Medical Center
- Baraga County Memorial Hospital - Baraga County Physician Group
- Bassett Healthcare Network - Bassett Medical Center
- Bassett Healthcare Network - Fox Hospital
- Baystate Health - Baystate Mason Square Neighborhood Health Center (House Call)
- Baystate Health - Baystate Medical Center
- Baystate Health - Baystate Brightwood Health Center/Centro de Salud
- Baystate Health - Baystate High Street Health Center Adult Medicine
- Beaumont Health - Beaumont-Royal Oak
- Beebe Healthcare - Margaret H. Rollins Lewes Campus
- Bellin Health - Crivitz
- Bellin Health - Oconto Falls
- Bellin Health - Pulaski
- Bellin Health - Seymour
- Bellin Health - Suring
- Beth Israel Lahey Health - Addison Gilbert Hospital
- Beth Israel Lahey Health - Lahey/Peabody-Internal Medicine
- Boston Medical Center
- Box Butte General Hospital
- Bronson LakeView Hospital
- Broward Health - Broward Health North
- Brownsville Multi-Service Family Health Center - Primary Care Practice
- Capital Health Plan - Nancy Van Vessem, MD Center for Healthy Aging
- Care New England - Primary Care for Older Adults
- Care New England Health System - Kent Hospital
- CareSTL Health (FQHC) - CareSTL Health Primary Care
- Carilion Clinic - Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital
- Cary Medical Center
- Catholic Medical Center
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- Central Maine HealthCare - Rumford Hospital
- Cherokee Health Systems - FQHC - multiple sites
- Christiana Care - Christiana Hospital
- Christiana Care - Carney's Point
- Christiana Care - Greenville
- Christiana Care - Hockessin
- Christiana Care - Limestone
- Christiana Care - MAP II
- Christiana Care - New Castle
- Christiana Care - Springside
- CHRISTUS Health System - CHRISTUS Hospital
- CHRISTUS St. Vincent Clinician Group - Geriatric & Internal Medicine
- CHRISTUS St. Vincent Clinician Group - St. Vincent Family Medicine Center
- CHRISTUS St. Vincent Clinician Group - Rodeo Family Practice
- CHRISTUS St. Vincent Clinician Group - DeVargus Family Medicine
- CHRISTUS St. Vincent Clinician Group - Pojoaque Primary Care
- CHRISTUS St. Vincent Clinician Group - St. Michael's Family Medicine Center
- CHRISTUS St. Vincent Clinician Group - Entrada Family Medicine
- CHSGa - Northridge Medical Center
- Cleveland Clinic - Main Campus
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Geriatric Emergency Department
- Community Health Network - Community Hospital East
- Covenant Health - St. Joseph Hospital Rehabilitation Center
- Covenant Health - St. Joseph Hospital
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health - Dartmouth Centers for Health & Aging
- Dignity Health of the Central Coast - French Hospital Medical Center - ED department
- Eaton Rapids Medical Center - Outpatient
- Eaton Rapids Medical Center - Inpatient
- Eisenhower Health - North Palm Desert Primary Care
- Eisenhower Health - Cathedral City North Primary Care
- Fillmore County Hospital
- Frederick Regional Health System - Frederick Memorial Hospital
- Grady Health System - Hospital
- Hackensack Meridian Health - Hackensack University Medical Center
- Hartford HealthCare - Hartford Hospital
- Hartford Healthcare Medical Group - Mystic
- Hartford Healthcare Medical Group - New London
- Hartford Healthcare Medical Group - Norwichtown
- Hartford Healthcare Medical Group - Plainfield
- Hartford Healthcare Medical Group - Prospect
- Hartford Healthcare Medical Group - Putnam
- Hartford Healthcare Medical Group - West Hartford
- Hartford Healthcare Medical Group - Avon
- Hartford Healthcare Medical Group - Bloomfield
- Hartford Healthcare Medical Group - Southington
- Hartford Healthcare Medical Group - Willimantic
- Hartford Healthcare - Hartford Healthcare Cancer Institute
- Hawaii Pacific Health - Skilled Nursing Facility
- Hawaii Pacific Health - Geriatrics Consult Clinic
- Hendricks Regional Health
- Hills & Dales General Hospital
- Holton Community Hospital
- Hurley Medical Center
- Indiana University Health - IU Health Arnett Hospital
- Indiana University Health - IU Health Arnett Clinics - Senior Wellness Center
- Indiana University Health - IU Health Frankfort Hospital
- Indiana University Health (West Central Region) - IU Health Frankfort
- Jamaica Hospital - Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
- Jamaica Hospital - Trump Pavilion
- Jamaica Hospital - Flushing Hospital Medical Center
- Jamaica Hospital - Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
- Jamaica Hospital - Ambulatory Care Center/Family Medicine Center
- Kaiser Permanente - Woodland Hills
- LECOM - LECOM Institute for Successful Aging
- LECOM Health - Corry Memorial Hospital
- LECOM Health - LECOM Nursing and Rehab
- LECOM Health - LECOM Senior Living Center
- LECOM Health - Millcreek Community Hospital
- LECOM Health - Parkside North East
- LECOM Health - The Regency
- LECOM Health - LECOM at Presque, Inc.
- Main Line Health - Paoli Hospital
- MaineHealth - Maine Medical Center
- MaineHealth - Maine Medical Center Geriatric Center
- Marion General Hospital
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- McLaren Healthcare - McLaren Caro Region
- MedStar Health - MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital
- Memorial Community Health System - Memorial Community Hospital
- MemorialCare - Saddleback Medical Center
- Meridian Visiting Physicians - Home-based primary care practice
- Methodist Health System - Methodist Hospital - Acute Care for Elders Unit
- Methodist Physicians Clinic - Health West
- Methodist Physicians Clinic - Indian Hills
- Moffitt Cancer Center - Moffitt Cancer Center - Tampa
- Mount Sinai Health System - Mount Sinai Morningside
- MUSC Health - Charleston Campus
- MUSC Health - Medical University of South Carolina
- Nebraska Hospital Association - Johnson County Hospital
- Nemaha County Hospital
- Newton Wellesley Hospital
- Northwell LIJ-Forest Hills
- Northwell Health - NHPP Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at New Hyde Park
- NYC Health + Hospitals / Kings County - Adult Primary Care
- NYU Langone Health - Langone Orthopedic Hospital
- NYU Langone Health - Tisch Hospital
- NYU Langone Health - Langone Hospital Brooklyn
- Olympic Medical Center
- Oregon Health and Science University - Oregon Health and Science University Hospital
- OU Medicine, Inc. - OU Medical Center (Oklahoma City)
- OU Medicine, Inc. - OU Medical Center (Edmond)
- Owensboro Health - Owensboro Health Regional Hospital
- Parkview Health - Parkview Regional Medical Center
- Penn Medicine - Abramson Cancer Center at Pennsylvania Hospital
- Perry County Memorial Hospital - Primary Care Practice
- ProMedica Bixby Hospital - ProMedica Bixby Hospital
- ProMedica Herrick Hospital - ProMedica Herrick Hospital
- Providence St. Joseph Health - Elder at Home
- Providence St. Joseph Health - MPG Mill Plain
- Providence St. Joseph Health - PMG Bridgeport Family Medicine
- Providence St. Joseph Health - PMG Canby
- Providence St. Joseph Health - PMG Central Point
- Providence St. Joseph Health - PMG Clackamas (Sunnyside)
- Providence St. Joseph Health - PMG Hood River
- Providence St. Joseph Health - PMG Medford Family Practice
- Providence St. Joseph Health - PMG Medford Medical Clinic - Hillcrest
- Providence St. Joseph Health - PMG Newburg
- Providence St. Joseph Health - PMG Orenco
- Providence St. Joseph Health - PMG Phoenix Family Practice
- Providence St. Joseph Health - PMG Scholls
- Redington-Fairview General Hospital
- Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Rush University Medical Center - Rush University Medical Center
- Saint Peter's HealthCare System - Saint Peter’s University Hospital
- Sanford Health Network
- Sarasota Memorial Health Care System - Sarasota Memorial Hospital
- Saunders Medical Center - CAH Hospital and Rural Health Clinic
- Sparrow Health - Sparrow Ionia Hospital
- Sparrow Health - Sparrow Clinton Hospital
- Sparrow Health - Sparrow Carson City Hospital
- Sparrow Health - Sparrow Medical Group St. Johns
- Sparrow Health - Sparrow Hospital
- St. James Parish Hospital
- St. Johns Riverside Hospital - Andrus Pavillion
- St. Johns Riverside Hospital - Dobbs Ferry
- St. Joseph Healthcare - Primary Care, Internal Medicine
- St. Mary Mercy Hospital - TONE Home Health
- St. Mary's Health System/Covenant Health - Outpatient
- Stanford Health Care - Geriatric Trauma Program
- Stony Brook Medicine - Stony Brook University Hospital
- Summa Health - Center for Senior Health
- Summa Health - 4 South Summa Barberton Campus
- Summa Health - 5 North Summa Health Akron City Campus
- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Center of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease - Geriatric Psychiatry
- Symphony Post Acute Network
- Tampa General Hospital
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center - The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute-Cancer and Aging Resiliency Clinics
- The Primary Health Network - Andover Primary Care
- The Primary Health Network - Beaver Falls Primary Care
- The Primary Health Network - Buhl Farm Community Health Center
- The Primary Health Network - Clarion Community Health Center
- The Primary Health Network - Green Street Primary Care Building B
- The Primary Health Network - Hoffman Memorial Medical Center
- The Primary Health Network - Mercer Primary Care
- The Primary Health Network - New Castle Primary Care
- The Primary Health Network - Petroleum Valley Medical Center
- The Primary Health Network - Punxsutawney Community Health Center
- The Primary Health Network - Sandy Lake Community Health Center
- The Primary Health Network - Sharon Medical Group Family Medicince
- The Primary Health Network - Transfer Health Center
- The Primary Health Network - Tri County Community Health
- The Queen's Health System - Queen's Medical Center - Inpatient Geriatrics Consults and Medical ICU
- The Queen's Health System - Queen's Geriatrics Clinic, Queen's Home-Based Primary Care Practice, Queen's Post-Acute Care Team
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals - Jefferson Geriatrics
- Tidelands Health - Waccamaw Community Hospital
- Tri State Memorial Hospital
- Trinity Health - St. Mary Mercy Hospital (Saint Joseph Mercy Health System)
- Trinity Health PACE - Mercy LIFE Alabama
- Trinity Health PACE - Saint Francis LIFE
- Trinity Health PACE - Saint Joseph PACE
- Trinity Health PACE - LIFECircles
- Trinity Health PACE - LIFE St. Joseph of the PINES
- Trinity Health PACE - LIFE St. Francis
- Trinity Health PACE - Trinity Health LIFE
- Trinity Health PACE - Catholic Health LIFE
- Trinity Health PACE - Eddy Senior Care
- Trinity Health PACE - Mercy Life
- Trinity Health PACE - Mercy LIFE West Philadelphia -PA
- Trinity Health PACE - LIFE St. Mary
- Trinity Health - Saint Alphonsus Health System - First Choice Home Health
- Trinity Health - Saint Alphonsus Health System - First Choice Hospice
- Trinity Health - Saint Alphonsus Health System - First Choice House Calls
- Trinity Health - Saint Alphonsus Health System - Saint Alphonsus Geriatric Clinic
- Trinity Health - Saint Alphonsus Health System - Saint Alphonsus Home Health
- Trinity Health - Saint Alphonsus Health System - Saint Alphonsus Hospice
- Trinity Health PACE - Mercy LIFE
- UAB Medicine - UAB Hospital
- UC Irvine Health - UCI Medical Center
- UNC Health - UNC Geriatrics Specialty Clinic
- UNC HealthCare - UNC Hospital Hillsborough Campus
- Unity Point Health - Buena Vista Regional Medical Center
- Unity Point Health - Cedar Rapids Hospital
- Univeristy of Nevada Reno School of Medicine - Geriatrics and Renown Meadows Medical Center
- University Health (UNR School of Medicine) - Sanford Geriatrics Specialty Care
- University of California San Diego Health System - Hillcrest Medical Center
- University of California San Diego Health System - Medicine for Seniors
- University of California, San Francisco - Hospital
- University of California, San Francisco - Geriatrics Clinic
- University of California, San Francisco - Center for Geriatric Care
- University of Chicago Medicine/ SHARE Network - South Shore Senior Center
- University of Illinois at Chicago - Geriatric Outpatient Clinic at University of Illinois at Chicago
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Emergency Department
- University of Louisville Trager Institute - Exceptional Senior Living
- University of Louisville Trager Institute - Kentucky River Medical
- University of Louisville Trager Institute - Presbyterian Homes
- University of Louisville Trager Institute - UofL AIM Clinic
- University of Louisville Trager Institute - UofL Family and Geriatric Practice
- University of Louisville Trager Institute - UofL Glasglow Family Medicine Residency Program
- University of Louisville Trager Institute - UofL Neurology
- University of Louisville Trager Institute - UofL PNES Clinic
- University of Utah Health System - Primary Care Clinics
- University of Utah Health System - University of Utah Hospital
- UNT Health Science Center
- UT Health - McGovern Medical School - Harris County Psychiatric Center
- UT Health - Harris Health House Call Service (Houston)
- UT Health - Memorial Hermann TMC (CCU & CMU)
- UT Health (UT Physicians for Healthy Aging) - Center for Healthy Aging
- UT Southwestern Medical Center - COVE
- UT Southwestern Medical Center - Geriatrics Care Center
- UT Southwestern Medical Center - Perioperative Optimization of Senior Health Program
- UT Southwestern Medical Center - Clements University Hospital
- Vanderbilt Health - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Vanguard Eldercare Medical Group - Heartland Helathcare
- Vanguard Eldercare Medical Group - SKLD
- Veterans Association - Providence
- Veterans Health Association - Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center- Geriatric Primary Care Outpatient Clinic
- Visiting Nurse Association of Greater St. Louis
- West Allis Fire Department - Mobile Integrated Health
- White River Medical Center
- WithamHealth Services - Witham Hospital Extended Care Unit
- Wyoming County Community Health System
- Yale New Haven Health - Bridgeport Hospital
- Yale New Haven Health - Home-based health
- York General Health Care Services - York General Hospital
- York Hospital - York Hospital Emergency Department and Provider Practices
